Türksat 5B
Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
03:58:39
Sunday December 19, 2021
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Launch Notes
Launched only 15 hours after Starlink Group 4-4 from California, marking the first time SpaceX launched twice within 24 hours.
Türksat 5B
Türksat 5B is a telecommunications satellite operated by the state-owned Türksat A.Ş. Türksat 5B is built on the all-electric Eurostar-3000EOR bus and will weigh about 4500 kg at launch. It provides 12 kilowatts of power at the end of its life and features an all Ku-band payload
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
4,500 kilograms
Rocket
Agency
SpaceXPrice
$69.75 million
Rocket
Diameter: 3.7m
Height: 70m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 22,800 kg
GTO: 8,300 kg
Liftoff Thrust
7,607 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 5.2m
Height: 13m
Stages
2
A Shortfall of Gravitas
Launch Site
Stats
Falcon 9
134th
Mission
30th
Mission of 2021
SpaceX
142nd
Mission
30th
Mission of 2021
2021
134th
Orbital launch attempt